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| Bill | Personal injury claim; disclosure of insurance policy limits. | Personal injury claim; disclosure of insurancepolicy limits. Provides that in a civil action for personal injuriessustained from a motor vehicle accident, regardless of the amountof losses sustained by an injured person, an insurance company shalldisclose the policy limits of an alleged tortfeasor who has beencharged with an offense of driving under the influence within 30days of a request for such disclosure. Under current law, such disclosureis required only if the alleged tortfeasor is convicted of such anoffense. The bill also adds the offense of refusal to submit to abreath or blood test to the list of driving under the influence offensesfor which disclosure of the insurance policy limits is required. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1241 | Virginia SB 1241 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1241 (2021) — Personal injury claim; disclosure of insurance policy limits.
Personal injury claim; disclosure of insurancepolicy limits. Provides that in a civil action for personal injuriessustained from a motor vehicle accident, regardless of the amountof losses sustained by an injured person, an insurance company shalldisclose the policy limits of an alleged tortfeasor who has beencharged with an offense of driving under the influence within 30days of a request for such disclosure. Under current law, such disclosureis required only if the alleged tortfeasor is convicted of such anoffense. The bill also adds the offense of refusal to submit to abreath or blood test to the list of driving under the influence offensesfor which disclosure of the insurance policy limits is required.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0088 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100784D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1241ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100784D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-20 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- 2021-02-11 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2021-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 2021-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled
- 2021-02-24 Signed by President
- 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33d00844-e48e-4fd9-9cd8-7dacf0dff01a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).